Liquid dispensing device



Jan. 7,1936@` w. H. BONNEY 2,026,818

' ILIQUID DIsPENsING DEVICE u rileajMay 14, 1955- 2 sheets-'sheet 1 Gttorneg Jan. 7, 1936. w. H. BoNNEY LIQUID DIsPENsING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 14, 1955 fd) l' /l fili (Ittorneg Patented Jan. 7, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE LxQUm msPENsING DEVICE William Yll. Bonney, Oregon City, Oref.

Application May 14, 1935, Serial No. 21,302 7 cnam. (crear-10o) My invention relates to liquid dispensing de-v vices and is particularly adapted to the dispensing of heavy oils, gasoline and the like.

'Ihe primary object of this invention is to rapidly dispense liquids under pressure'. Heretofore it required considerable time for heavy liquids to flow, especially in cold weather, .but with my new and improved dispensing device they are forced by high pressure from the containers into the visible measuring tank out through the de livery port.

A further 'object of my invention is to readily select and dispense the diilerent grades or brands of liquids through one mechanism including the visible measuring tank and the delivery valve and hose. -Y

A still further object of the invention is the thorough cleansing or drainingof the measuring tank and delivery lines.

Other and incidental objects will be apparent upon reading the following specification.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my assembled dispensing device including part of the storage tanks and pipe lines connected thereto.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the dispenser with 4 Aparts broken away for convenience, of illustration.

Figure 3 is a perspective plan view of the revolving base plate support for the valve and the visible measuring tank.

Figure 4 is a sectional side elevation of the assembled dispensing device.

` Inthe'drawings: f

A base l is provided having a body portion 2, superposed thereabove for supporting the distributor vhead 3. A plurality of pipes 4, leading' from the supply tanks 5, connect to the underside of the distributor head 3 through the valves 6. The ends I of the pipes 4 extend to the bottom of the supply ta'nks. The valves B are tapped into the distributor heads at 8 and receive the pipes 4 at their opposite ends 9. A valve port I is maintained in closed position by the valve Il, seating thereon by the action of spring i2, resting upon valve stem guide I3. Air

pressure is maintained within the tanks 5 through the lead line I4 and valves I5. The valves I5 may be closedto the lead'line I4 and opened to the atmospherethroughthe port I6 for relieving the air pressure Within the for relling purposes.

. g within thef bearing I9 supports the niiasuring tank i0,

'body 2| and the valve mechanism 22. The valve mechanism 22 'is tapped into the base plate at 23, the end of the lower'partof the valve 24 rests upon a gasket 25 within vthe opening 26 when in alignment with one of the valves 6. .The valve 22 has' a port 21 and a'valve 23,' said valve 28" is maintained in closed Aposition by the vSpring 29 resting on the valve guide 30.` A stem 3| extends 'upwardly through the stuiiing box 32, and is manipulated by the end 33 of the handlever 34, when the end of the lever is raised. The lever 34 is pivotally mounted to the valve at 36. The

j raising of the handle 35 pivots the lever 34 about the pivot 36, lowering the end 33 against the valve st'em 3`I .opening the valve 28, causing the lower end of the valve stem 31 to contact the upper end of the valve stem IIA, opening the 10 valve II allowing the liquid from one of the preselected tanks 5 to pass through valve Il, valve 28, passage 38 of the valve 22,-,pipe 39, port 43 of the valve body 2| and into the measuring tank 20.

' l5 When it is desired to dispense the liquid from the tank 20 the hose 4I and dispensing valve 42 are removed from the hook 43 of the lever 44. This allows the spring 45 to raise the lever 44 revolving the valve 46 opening .the passage 46A to 20 port 48 and to port 49. Air passes from the pipe 4l, port 43, through valve 46, port 49 out through the upper end of the pipe 50 causing a pressure on the surface of the liquid within'the tank 23.

i When the valve 42 is opened the liquid within 25 the tank 20 is forced down through'the port 40, pipe assembly 39, port 38 of the valve 22, out pipe 5I into the dispensing hose 4I Vand. valve 42. From the foregoing description it can be 'seen that ythe valve 22 receiving theliquid from the 30 tanks 5, when the handle 34 is manipulated and delivers'the liquid into the visible measuring tank 20, after which the handle 34 is released, shutting oli. the supply from the tank 5, when the hose 4I is removed from the hook 43, the valve 46 35 is opened permitting air pressure to force the liquid out-through the valve 22 to its destination.

When the liquids .are being transferred into the dispensin'g'tank 20 the dispensing valve 42 is resting on the hook 43 holding the lever 44 40 down at whiclrtime the valve- 46 registers with the port 46B, and port 49. The port 46B communicates with-the exhaust chamber 45C which acts asa muiiierpthe air escaping out through the screen 46D. The port 46A is in closed posi- 45 The pushing downward on the outer end 35 of 55 the handle 34 transfers the weight of the valve 22 upon the upper surface of the ledge 53 at lthe same time raising the same including the v base plate I1 a 'suflicient distance to remove the lower en d 24 of the valve 22 out of engagement 60 with the gasket 25 and the opening 26, permitting the operator to rotate the base Il, including the valve 22; in either direction into registry with another of'- the valves 6, the location of which is indicated by the indicator characters 54. A

trough 55 formed within the upper surface of the Y distributor head catches the surplus liquids which are then drained oi through the drainv pipe 56.v

In the use of my new and improved dispensing device the handle 35 is pressed downward raising the valve mechanism 22 and the base support Il out of engagement with the distributing valves Y i, the same is then revolved to the position indicated by the indicators 5l.- The handle 35 is then released allowing the valve mechanism to drop down into registry with the` desired dispensing valve. The handle is then raised opening the valve within the valve assembly 22 and the valve within the distributor head 6 allowing the selected liquids to be transferred from the stor'- age tank into the measuring tank. When the handle 35 is released this transfer of liquid is stopped. The next operation is to remove the vdispensing valve Al2 from the hook 43 which allows air to be transferred from the air supply through the tube Il, throigh valve I6, port 49 and pipe 5l),

placing a pressure upon the liquid forcing it out through port 40, valve mechanism l2, dispensing.

hose 4| and valve 42, this completes a cycle of operation. Y

YI'do not wish to be limited form of construction as my invention is susceptible to other forms of embodiment still coming within the scope of my invention as hereinafter claimed. j

,Having described my invention, I claim:-

1. A device for selectively dispensing a 'plurality of liquids, the combination of liquid retention means, 'a plurality of secondary valves arranged in a common path and each connected to a iluid retention means, a movable supporting element, a' primary valve carried' thereby and movable to engagement with either of. the secondary valves for the passage of liquid through both,

operating mechanism for operating the primary and selected secondary valve simultaneously, a liquid measuring and dispensing receptacle connected to the primary valve,` and compres'sible fluid means for ejecting liquids from such receptacle when the primary and its cooperating secondary valve are closed.

` '2. A'devlce -for selectively dispensing a plurality of liquids, the combination of liquid retention means, a plurality of secondary valves arranged in a common path and each connected to a iluid retention means, Aa. primary valve movable in such path to a position of mutual conducY tivity with a selected one of the secondary valves, means carried by theprimary valve for opening it and the selected secondary valve, a liquid measand dispensing receptacle connected to theA primary valve, and compressible uid means forv electing liquid from such receptacle when the primary valve and valvo operating means carried by the prlnmry control valve when operated operating the stem to this particular valve fo opening it and a selected secondary valve simultaneously so that liquid may ow through them, a liquid measuring and dispensing receptacle connected to the primary valve, and

means for dispensing the liquid from such re- 6 ceptacle. A

4. In a cooperating valvestructure for dispensing liquids from a plurality of containers,

a self closing valve connected to each container, said valves each being provided with a manipulative stem, a self closing control valve likewise provided with a manipulative stem and movable to liquid dispensing association with a selected of the rst mentioned valves, the stem of the of the selected valve for the purpose of opening both valves so liquidscan flow therethrough simultaneously, and mechanism for' manipulating the stem of the control valve.

5. In a cooperating valve structure for dispensing liquids from a plurality of containers, a self closing valve connected to each container, said valves each being provided with a manipulative stem, a self closing control valve likewise provided with a. manipulative stem and movable to liquid dispensing association with a selected of the rst mentioned valves, the stem of the control valve when operated operating the stem of the selected valve for the purpose of opening both valves simultaneously so liquids can ow therethrough simultaneously, mechanism for manipulating the stem of the control valve, a liquid measuring and dispensing receptacle connected v to the control'valve, and means for dispensing the liquid from such receptacle.

6. In a cooperating valve structure for dispensing a plurality of diierent Aliquids each contained in a separate container, a. self closing valve 'connected to each container, each valve being pr svided with means manipulative to open 40 such valve, a self closing control valve likewise provided with means manipulative to open it and movable to liquid dispensing association with selected of the first mentioned valves, the

means manipulative to open the control valve operable to operate the like means on the selected valve for the purpose of opening both valves simultaneously so that liquids can ow therethrough simultaneously, and mechanism for 5.o

operating the means manipulative aforesaid.

7. In a cooperating valve structure for dispensing a plurality of different liquids each contained in aV separate container, a self closing valve connected to veach container, each valve being provided with means manipulativeto open such 55 valve, a self closing control valve likewisepro- -videdwith means manipulative to open it and liquids from the container for dispensing through 7 the dispensing means,

' IWJ'ILIAM n. BONNEY. 

